ANT+ Wireless, a division of
Dynastream Innovations Inc., has announced that consumers will now benefit from compatibility between selected ANT+ enabled profiles and Microsoft HealthVault, a consumer health technology platform.
"Combining Microsoft's leading software and services platform with the integrity of ANT+ devices facilitates efficient independent health and disease management," says Brian Macdonald, Director, ANT Wireless. "Microsoft's participation in the established ANT+ Ultra Low Power Wireless ecosystem offers personal health data tracking and storage from ANT+ devices.”
With HealthVault, it is possible to track and store health and wellness information such as heart rate and fitness activity, weight, blood glucose, blood pressure, pulse oximetery, medications, labs and more. ANT+ enables data collection and transfer in sport, fitness and wellness with sensors ranging from heart rate and weight to bike power and speed and distance.
HealthVault offers a way to store health information from many sources in one location, so that it’s always organized and available online. The offering makes it possible to use health information wherever and whenever users want, as well as provides the ability to share the information with anyone.
With availability of ANT+ device drivers with HealthVault Connection Center, consumers will be able to use a HealthVault account to pass the information to physicians while using the data with HealthVault connected applications.
"By expanding the HealthVault community to include ANT+ partners, consumers will be able to capture and transmit health and fitness data on-the-go from an even wider variety of devices," said Oren Rosenbloom, director of development in Microsoft's Health Solutions Group.
"HealthVault's application ecosystem, storage and sharing capabilities combined with the physiological monitoring solutions of the ANT+ community enables consumers to meet their health management goals as part of an integrated and connected health experience.”
Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for HealthTechZone. To read more of Raju’s articles, please visit his columnist page.Edited by
Stefania Viscusi
